Know your digital rights
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released a “bust card” for the digital age to let people know their rights when police ask to search their digital devices.
June 2011
More than 800 Montanans among breached Citibank accounts
More than 800 Montanans were among those whose credit card information was stolen last month by hackers who broke into Citibank’s servers, according to Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock.
Supreme Court strikes down California video game law
The Supreme Court today struck down a California law that prohibited selling or renting violent video games to minors.
Montana not ‘going Google’ anytime soon
Following up on the announcement that Wyoming has adopted Google Apps for Government, I called the IT people in Helena to find out what Montana’s… Read More »Montana not ‘going Google’ anytime soon
Wyoming ‘goes Google’
A friend passed this on to me. Wyoming has switched all of its state employees over to using Google Apps for Government, making it the… Read More »Wyoming ‘goes Google’
Presidential tweets
The New York Times was paying attention to Pres. Barack Obama’s Twitter account over the weekend, it seems, and noticed that the president himself posted… Read More »Presidential tweets
Mugshots: to publish or not to publish
A suggestion has recently come forward at the newspaper to publish the mugshots of people booked into the Gallatin County jail on our website. Herein I discuss the ethical quandary that comes with that idea.
CMS learning curve
I’m not sure where this image came from, but I know the feeling: I have certainly felt that way about Drupal the few times I’ve… Read More »CMS learning curve
Third best in the state!
The Chronicle has the third-best website in the Montana Newspaper Association, if you believe the results of this past weekend’s awards ceremony in Lewistown. I also walked away with an honorable mention in the Best Web Project category for our Where They Stand election feature.
Two new elements you’ll never see or use added to periodic table
Two new elements have been added to the periodic table. Elements 114 and 116 are now officially recognized by an international committee of chemists and physicists.